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Table 1 Total revenue, administrative costs and net effects of NHI Scenario (MWK million)

From: Assessing the feasibility and appropriateness of introducing a national health insurance scheme in Malawi

Revenue by source / Cost by function

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Income

 

3718.7

4131.2

4564.2

5022.9

5514.6

NHI contributions (informal sector)a

 

552.9

614.3

678.7

746.9

820.0

User feesa

 

3165.7

3516.9

3885.5

4276.0

4694.6

Cost (by function)

Source/details

14,182.5

10,376.7

10,724.2

10,843.8

11,204.4

NHIS membership database

NHIA NHIS database

7078.5

7114.5

7269.3

7443.6

7598.4

Quality Assurance

NHIA quality assurance + Purchasing compliance

326.2

333.7

354.3

377.0

399.2

NHIS marketing

NHIS communication campaign + NHIA communication staff

4626.1

729.2

789.9

852.5

916.0

Contracting with service providers

Purchasing contracting

301.5

315.6

330.7

345.3

370.6

Insurance claims management

NHIA claims management

463.1

471.2

501.4

535.2

565.4

Other NHI and purchasing functions

NHIA other functions + Purchasing research + Purchasing other functions

662.3

664.2

687.6

687.0

701.6

Revenue collection

Formal sector revenue collection (MRA)

43.0

44.2

46.2

49.9

53.7

 

Informal sector revenue collection (NHIA)a

138.2

153.6

169.7

186.7

205.0

Insurance regulator

Insurance regulator

12.9

13.3

13.9

15.0

16.1

Health facilities processing NHI claims

 

530.6

537.4

561.3

351.7

378.4

Cost (million USD)

 

18.9

13.8

14.3

14.5

14.9

Projected population

 

18,431,195

18,831,715

19,232,229

19,632,747

20,033,264

Cost per capita (USD)

 

1.0

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.7

Cost per capita (MWK)

 

769.5

551.0

557.6

552.3

559.3

Net revenue

 

−10,463.8

− 6245.5

− 6160.0

− 5820.9

− 5689.7

  1. The allocation of NHIS costs to key functions is indicative only
  2. aRealistic coverage scenario (5% of informal non-poor population)